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As many as 371 million people worldwide live with diabetes -- a record number -- and the disease is expected to affect 552 million by 2030, according to the International Diabetes Federation. The group estimates that 187 million people are unaware that they have diabetes.

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Worldwide diabetes cases hit a new record at 382 million in 2013, compared with 371 million cases last year, according to the latest estimate by the International Diabetes Federation. Researchers also said the number of people living with diabetes may rise to 592 million by 2035. The disease accounts for $548 billion in annual health care spending, and that figure is likely to reach $627 billion by 2035, researchers said.

Obese and normal-weight type 2 diabetes patients were at an increased risk of all-cause mortality within a year following diagnosis compared with patients whose BMI fell in the overweight category, according to a study in Diabetes Care.

Australian researchers have identified pancreatic stem cells that can be converted into insulin-producing cells and found that the cells' number and capacity to become insulin-producers also appeared to increase in response to pancreatic damage. The findings in PLoS ONE may pave the way for new type 1 diabetes treatments, researchers said.

The number of cancer survivors in the U.S. is expected to rise to almost 18 million by 2022, according to a report released Thursday by the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute. The medical community must work to understand the unique health care needs of this population, the report said.

As many as 552 million people, or about 1 in 10 adults worldwide, could have diabetes by 2030, according to a report by the International Diabetes Federation. Experts said as many as 183 million people were unaware that they have diabetes, and the highest proportion of cases is among those ages 40 to 59.